Kevin Watson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kevin Edward Watson | ||
| Date of birth | 3 January 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Hackney, England | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ?–1992 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1996 | Tottenham Hotspur | 5 | (0) |
| 1994 | → Brentford (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1994 | → Bristol City (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 1995 | → Barnet (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 1996–1999 | Swindon Town | 66 | (1) |
| 1999–2002 | Rotherham United | 109 | (7) |
| 2001 | → Reading (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Reading | 60 | (2) |
| 2004–2008 | Colchester United | 135 | (3) |
| 2008 | Luton Town | 6 | (0) |
| 2015– | Stevenage | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 405 | (13) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2015 | Maldon & Tiptree | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:42, 8 February 2010 (UTC). |
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Kevin Edward Watson (born 3 January 1974) is a former professional footballer, turned coach and sports broadcaster. Kevin was most recently Assistant Manager at National League South side Whitehawk.
Watson started his career as a trainee with his local side Tottenham Hotspur. Watson scored his only Spurs goal on his debut in a League Cup tie against Brentford. As a youngster his first-team opportunities were limited and he went out on loan to several sides to build his experience, namely Brentford, Bristol City and Barnet.
In 1996 he was signed by Swindon Town manager Steve McMahon. Newly promoted to second tier of the English Football League – Watson helped them avoid relegation.
Watson moved on to Rotherham United in July 1999, astute Millers' manager Ronnie Moore signing him on a free transfer. In his first season Watson helped Rotherham to promotion from League Two, narrowly missing out on the title.
Another promotion (and another title near miss) followed in the next season and Rotherham were promoted again into the Football League Championship. A key part of their rapid acceleration, Watson helped guide the team to survival by the narrowest of goal-difference margins.
After over 100 games at Rotherham his knack for promotions was spotted by then Reading manager Alan Pardew who at first, took Watson on loan before signing him permanently in March 2002 for £150,000 – where he promptly repeated the trick, guiding the Royals to promotion from League One, in his now customary second place.
His first full season at Reading saw the Royals into a play-off place, where narrow defeat to Wolves cost them a place in the Premiership. Perhaps tellingly Watson was on the bench for those key play-off games.
When former team-mate Phil Parkinson was installed as manager at Colchester United one of his first acts was to bring Watson to Layer Road.
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